I.remaining in the shade, in retirement, or at home; private, retired, contemplative.
I. In gen.: “vita umbratilis et delicata,” a dreamy life, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27: “mora segnis et umbratilis,” Col. 1, 2, 1: “cum inerti et umbratili milite,” Amm. 18, 6, 2.—
II. In partic., of speech, in the manner of the schools (opp. to public, political): “educenda deinde dictio est ex hac domesticā exercitatione et umbratili medium in agmen, in pulverem: in clamorem, in castra atque in aciem forensem,” Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: “mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis,” id. Or. 19, 64.— Adv.: umbrātĭlĭter , in outline, slightly: “effingimus,” Sid. Ep. 2, 10.
